Kristen

Kristen is an avid gardener who has been known to plant more leafy greens than she could ever possibly eat – although she does her best.

She tends plots in several of Tacoma’s community gardens and attempts to stay on top of a soil study she is conducting for her graduate studies at the University of Washington.

Kristen may be the first person ever to come to Tacoma because of its sewage treatment plant, and is happy to talk about the special qualities of TAGRO to anyone who will listen.

An advocate for urban agriculture in all its many forms – from community gardens to parking strips taken over by tomato cages and herbs in the flower boxes of downtown – Kristen looks forward to a world when even the most urban of residents knows when peas are in season and that potatoes grow under ground.

While she spent some of her formative years on the East side of the mountains, she now happily resides on the wet side, comforting herself during the cloudy days that at least she can garden all winter long.

Kristen completed her Masters degree at Antioch University in Seattle, where she focused on Urban Food Systems. She also spent time in Panama as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and is happy to babble at you in the indigenous language she picked up. It is her hope that someday, someone, will talk back.